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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10
THE SECRET DRAWER.
BY cHARLEs NAcKAY

In idle mood touched the springs That opened wide the secret drawer, To gaze on half forgotten things That walked the memories of yore; Small scraps of letters loosely tied With silken bands of faded blue. Containing words of love and pride, Wrung from my heart when life was new. A lock of radiant golden hair
 That once adorned glorious head of a young angel heavenly fair, And long since numbered with the dead; A dark. brown tress-the sole remains Of brave woman lost and gone. The partner of my joys and pains, Whose smile made sunlight where it shone sighed. I kissed them like fool Although, perhaps, the fool was wise With wisdom learned in sorrows school who saw the truth through all disguise. And taking counsel with my thought. asked nay self, mid haze of tears, Why these fond relics, fancy fraught, should live beyond my span of years? Live with their tales of thought or deed, For merchandise in scandals mart, To satisfy the clAmorous greed e. Of scr1bblers who dissect my heart When lie siumbering in the mould, Unwitting of Fame's noisy blast And sell for miserable gold
 The sacred secrets of the past? To build romances from my life, Or weave the lies that seem like truth, From shadows of long-ended strife And unknown agonies of youth? Take them, ye flames! such fate is best! All but the lock of hair I crave To wear upon my living breast. And perish with me in the grave.
 Temple Bar
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10
Foolish Parents.
Exchange.

The fashion of spelling children by over indulgence k prevalent enough in the United States, but the most ridiculous case on record comes from across the water. A young French couple had been invited to n dinner party of twenty persons, but did not appear at the appointed hour FNasf .
 The eighteen punctual guests, as well as the host and hostess, waited till further waiting seemed useless, and finally the banquet began with two empty chairs. When dinner was halt over in walked the abscDtecs. They looked little foolish, but pro- ceeded to make their apology, quite as if it were matter of course.
 It seemed that their little girl of three years old had been put to bcsl just as they were setting out, and when they went into her chamber 10 bid her good night, she suddenly ex- claimed: "Mamma, 1 won't let you gow
 Mother and father pleaded in vain. The child was inexorable, and, seeing ucf huNhuNkcy HbDU HEfNhsfHi ucF ug- mands. Not only must her parents remain at home, but they must straightway undress and go 10 bed. They resisted at first, and explained that they had accepted an invitation and must keep their engagement. But all in vain. Ths little tynnt grew more and more imperious, and actually threatened to cry. That beat them, as the mother expressed it.
 "Of course, when the sweet child told us she was going to cry we were forced to yield; it would have been monstrous to cause her pain simply for our pleasure so begged Henri to cease his efforts to persuade her, and we both took of our clothes and wen. to bed. As soon as the little darling was asleep we got up, dressed again, and here we are, with a thousand apologies for being so late"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10
aI didn't, oertainly,s interrupted l

al didn't, certainly" interrupted Tom, eagerly, but blushing resider than ever at Jacks humorous glance.
 "Sorry scared the old boy, then ; though it wasn't my fault, l can un- derstand what happened, Believing had told you all sbout himself, and that you were a swell, the colonel made bolt of it rather than face you afterwards l suppose he had been bouncing bit, ehg Military man, and all the rest of it? Hang 1t, it's as good as a play '" roared Jack.
 "But isn't he military man?" gaspea Tom.
 "Volunteers, that's all but holiday time he always comes out strong, and goes somewhere where he Is likely to to meet swells whom he knows in the way ot business" explained Jack, contemptuously.
 'ln the way ofbusiness?" murmuel Tom.
 "Yes; he is brooches maker Vaughan < Tomlinson, Lambs Con- duit street"
 "Th0t Vaughan" exclaimed Tom, with start.
 "Yes; and, say. Tom, wonder If he'll say 'hat Boxer in tho same sort of way when he learns who you areI" said Jack, with wink. Tom was so covered with guilty confusion that he naturally could not appreciate the humor of the situation as keenly as Jack Brace did; but, while his friend was indulging In a fresh burst of laughter, Tom suddenly grasped the fact that this startling revelation had It's bright side. It seemed that there had been misun- derstanding for, by the light of Jacks explanation, Tom began to TO- alize that the Vaughans, on that eventfll evening, had imagined that they had been purposely sighted by his omission to salute them. Vexe,i as he was at his own stupidity, Tom experienced a delicious thrill of joy ous expectation when he inquired
 "Do you know Mabel Vaughan, Jack?"
 "Iv'c seen her-devilish handsome, isn't she; Little Walnut is a lucky chap"
 "Walnut!" repeated Tom, with ghastly apprehension.
 "Yes. He is decent little chap; the junior of n firm In the general fur nishing line in Tottenham- court road, Rosewood, Teak X Walnut"
 "Well, what about him?" cried Tom in choking voice.
 "Didn't you see it in the paper?" said Jack, staring at Tom. "He married Mabel Vaughan last week. Hnllo, old chap What Is the matter2 Come in here and have B. and &, my boy -L0ndon TyuH.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10
A Students Vacation.
Ba Talo Courier.

A reporter walking up the tow path at lower Black Rock one day overlook a canal boat on whose stern was painted Folly Forbes, of Schen- ectady." In minute more he had come up with tho mules and their driver. Under the mules' collars were great rings of raw flesh, constantly ir- ritatcd and chated by tho hot leather. They limped painfully onward, too hopelessly wrctchet to resent the jerks and scourglngs of the driver, who himself seemed fitting companion for his beasts, for whenever tho dust discovered his clothing It was mass of patches, and a torn wide hrlmmcd hat protected his head,
 "Hellol' said he, as tho reporter came along. "would you be kind enough to tell mo the timer"
 "Half- past eleven"
 "Ah, thank you; half an hour till dinner time, and Pm hungry enough now to eat both Pegasus and Buceph- alus. They're the ambllng stcesis you sec betorc you. Full of fire, especially under their collars. They look little weary now, for they've been on the tramp for ten days nearly"
 ''And you havc almost as hard a lot as the mules, fancy" msAs.4. "Well. that's just as you look at it.. Of course, get footsore on the tow path, hut when I'm otl can't do much but rest and read. rve been reading considerable of Tennyson and Browning this summer" .ssessss .s-,.. ,s,---.
 "lleyg" said the astonished re- porter:
 "Tennyson and Browning, began Tho Ring and the Book sis weeks ago on the up trip from Now York, Pm making a study of 1t. You see we can hardly keep up with the cur rent litcraturc in college, s..-..~,, ,.s,,.s,.
 "In collegeS"
 "Ycs, l am Cornell man. and l spend my summers on the towpath. That Is, have the last two. The first summer hired out as waiter at n seaside hotel, but my rich southern blood could not stand It; So the last two summers I've followed the pro- fession of a mule driver. Of course l have to stand round and obey orders, but look out for good captain, and SO don't have it so rough as some of 1 them"
 "But don't you have to put up with many privationsr"
 "Oh, no just come aboard at dln- ner time, and you can sec for your self. The walking Is beneficial to ones health, and, while tho feet get sore at iirst, that quickly wears oif Then, too, the canal passes through some of tho richest farming country iH the state, and l wouldn't ask for finer scenery than In the Mohawk and Hudson river valleys"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

Gay Young Chaperone-"Evelyn, dearest, you must be more careful of Mrs. Grundy. You acted outrage ously with those Cuthbertson brothers tonight"
 Evelyn-"Why, saw Jack Folli- bud doing the madly devotional with you. What would you have nc do?"
 G. Y. C.-"Follow my example. Eve done all my flirting since was married. d."-Life.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

The eatarrh remedy, Ely's Cream Balm, has proved most satisfactory. Prior to two months ago had not breathed freely through my nose for three years, now am but little both- cred in that respect. The pain has left my head as have most other disa- greeable symptoms. l confidently be- lieve it to be a sure cure.-S. M. Lo- gan, ByDumville, Charlton Co.,, Mo.
 I have used one bottle of Ely's Cream Balm and 1t is the best remedy 1 have found for catarrh in fifteen years.--V. C. Babbagc, Attorney, Hardinsburg, Ky.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10
A Bloody Array

is often the result of bad blood" in family or community, but nowhere Is bad blood more destructive of happi- ness and health than in the human system. When the life current Is foul and sluggish with impurities, and Is slowly distributing it's poisons to every part of the body, the peril to health, and life even, is imminent. Early symptoms are dull and drowsy feelings, severe headaches, coated tongue, poor appetite, indigestion and general lassitude. Delay in treatment may entail the most serious consc- quenccs. Don't let disease get strong hold on your constitution, bm fredf yourself by using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and be restored to the blessings of health. All drug gists.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

The dearest spot on earth to me Is home, and whatever coDduces to the health or comfort of the home circle is regarded AS a blessing. In the cate gory of blessings we place Whites Cream Vcrmifuge, the best worm medicine in the world. It never fails to expei worms when their presence in the stomach is indicated by the usual symptoms.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

You cannot always tell what peo- pie mean by what they say but when the bottom comes out of the ash bar rel that man is tugging and strain ing to get up the cellar steps, and the man says something, 1t is safe to as- sume, as a general thing, that he means it.-SOnieTrfUe Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

NSby ays that "nothing pulls q man down like whisky" We have also been told that nothing "elevates" a man like whisky.-Nosvlstovn Her. uM.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

Ladies, don't suffer, waiting until your doctor has run up . bill; dis charge him and take Dr. Dromgoole's English Female Bittes. Yon will soon be regular and in good health.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

Dyspepsia in its worst forms will yield to the use of Csrter's Little Nerve Pills, aided by Carters Little Liver Pills. Dose, one of each after eating.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

Did you ever see . doctor kick . banana peel of the sidewalk, or tell an acquaintance that he was sitting in a dranght?-Someyrizle Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-10

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The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Chicago "boodlers" who are Masons are to
be expelled from the order.
Jay Gould's contemplated trip to Europe
attracts Wall-street attention just now
Twelve Mormon families have already set
tied at Alberta, in the Dominion of Canada,
and others will soon settle at Medicine Hat.
Jenny Lind is seriously ill. Her physi-
clans have ordered her away and enjoin
strict quiet and rest. Accordingly she has
been removed to the country, but her where
abouts is kept secret. She has been ailing
some time, and her friends are anxious about
the result.
Horace Allen, granddaughter of the old
Revolutionary hero, Ethan Allen, and a
man eghty-three years DID, has just arrived
in Albany, N. Y, from his home in Della
ware, Ohio. He made the journey of 675
miles on foot and pushing wheelbarrow in
front of him all the way.
The Democrats of Indiana think they see
fun ahead when Turpie takes his seat in the
presses it, ''Turpie is rattlesnake in a fight
and is keener and quicker than Ingalls, is.
He and ingalls, will meet very soon, and
there will be a scene in the United States
Senate which will be worth painting"
The fuss made over the French officer
Schnaebele, who was arrested in German
territory several months ago as spy, is al
most equalled now by the stir made over the
exploit Of that worthys fifteen-year-old son.
Young Schnaebele went over into German
territory the other day and nailed up piece
OF cardboard with red and blue pencil
sketch Of the tricolor flag, followed by allu-
sions to French victories over the Germans
in the Napoleonic wars, whereat the inter.
national commotion is truly terrible.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

Interpretation of the treaty of 1918 and in
mildly suggesting that the ''headland theory
is the correct one. 1t is not known whether
Mr.. Chamberlain's instructions include any
directions for bringing into the discussion
the Alaskan Seal fisheries but the London
Times suggests that this should be done, and
says that in such an event sit may be safely
predicted that the tribunal will not pro-
nounce wholly in favor of one side or the
other, but that il viii be tribunal of conf
promise" The Canadians, the Times thinks,
are too practical not to abate their Just
rights If they see their way to securing an
equivalent advantage in another quarter"
The Times suggests several possible forms Of
settlement by concession. Canada might
allow us commercial privileges if we would
open our markets to her fish, or if we would
allow her sealers to take seals anywhere in
the Alaskan sea beyond the three-mile
limit. We on the other hand, suggests
the Times, might waive the commercial
privileges which we claim on the east
in return for the acknowledgment on the
part of Canada that the ordinary limits of
territorial jurisdiction on the sea shall be-
considerably extended in the case of the seal
breeding islands. The London Times, of
course, will not dictate the settlement of this
question, but its suggestions represent very
well, probably, official opinion in England.
The New England fishermen would undoubt-
eddy be very well pleased to exchange rights
claimed in Behring sea for commercial privi-
leges in Canadian waters. But 1.-THE other ex-
changes proposed by the Times would be
very distasteful and should commission
adopt any of them there would be a vigorous
protest in Congress.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

JEFF Davis fancies that he sees In the pro-
hibitien movement the seeds of new rebel
lion, and is advising Reagan, the old confed-
crate postmaster general, now United
States senator and a prohibitionist, to so
modify bis views as TO be able to take the
rum and rebel side when the trouble comes.
After suggesting that the ''ism" which has
shown such expansive power may seek to
embody itself in Federal legislation Davis
thus goes ON in his last letter to Reagan
"You who have borne an honorable part in
two wars for the independence of Texas may
have on another occasion to defend her rights
as State. II you should insist that all pow
ers are reserved which had not been delegated,
and that sumptuary legislation would be
usurpation and in violation of personal lib
erty, might not your prohibition doctrine
come back to plague you? If overpowered
by numbers, what would be the condition of
the minority section2 BY laws and recent
usage Union soldiers are to be preferred for
federal appointments The prohibition law
and policy would involve domiciliary visits.
1t requires no prophet to foresee what would
be the condition of our people, what would
be the moral decadence resulting from the
domination Of spies, informers, and foreign
officials" Reagan will probably write back
that, as the prospects of another rebellion do
not look very bright, he will stick to PROFIT
bition and the United States Senate a while
longer
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

Mr.. Lowering, the Democratic candidate
for Governor Of Massachusetts, says it is
not true that he is opposed to Cleveland, or
that the convention in nominating him was
animated by hostility to the administration.
The pains that Mr.. Lowering has been at to
make this statement indicates that he is
thus early troubled about votes. If, how
ever, he should convince the Democracy
that Mr.. Cleveland's policy as exhibited in
Massachusetts, had been satisfactory to him
the result would be far more disastrous to his
canvass than the impression which he seeks
to contradict The effect of it would be
that he would gain the 'tSilyer-tops" and the
Mugwunps at the loss Of the O'Brien-M Ma
guire contingent. Everyone that knows
anything about the Massachusetts Democ-
racy knows that that would be very bad
trade. But Mr.. Lowering is not in danger of
convincing anybody that the Worcester con-
vention was Cleveland gathering. The
perfunctory praises Of the administration
which it sang were drowned by the cutlery
for the adoption of policy that would turn
out the offensive partisans" and-hand all
the Offices over to the Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27
The English View of the Fisheries
Question.

Since Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain has been
appointed as one member of the fishery COM
mission which the British government in
tends to send to this country the English
people have begun to show more interest in
the question which has been so much dis.
cussed in Maine and Massachusetts for two
seasons. With the condition Of Ireland
growing more alarming day by day, with the
occupation of Egypt yet unjustiied in the
eyes Of Europe, and with Russia continually
creeping up TO the barriers of her East Indian
Empire it is small wonder that England has
taken little interest in a dispute which is of
concern chiefly to Canada, and for which the
well known peaceful character of United
States diplomacy has augured the happiest
conclusion. Now that the English have
really become interested they show dispo-
sition to look at the question in much
broader light than as affecting only the rela-
tions of Maine and Massachusetts, with Nova
Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The
seizure of the British sealing vessels in
Behring Sea, one of which, the schooner
Thornton. was taken seventy miles from the
nearest island and three hundred miles from
the nearest shore of the Alaskan continent,
has attracted great interest in England, al
though little thought of in New England
The effort Of the United States to keep ex-
clusiyely in the Northwest the seal fisheries
In sea larger than the Mediterranean, while
claiming on the Atlantic coast of Canada
that its fishermen can go within three marine
miles Of the shore and also enter ports for
the purchase OF supplies to be used in fishing
on the adjacent high seas, involves such ap-
parent contradictions that the English press
is beginning to suggest that the two ques-
tions should be settled together. On the
west the United States claims the sovereignty
of the great Alaskan sea because we bought
1t of Russia; on the east we claim that the
three-mile limit is to be reckoned along the
shore and not from headland to headland,
and that our fishermen should have CONNER
cial privileges in Canadian ports because
modern usage of civilized nations as regards
port privileges have superseded the proscrip-
tlons of the Anticipated treaty of 1873 Eng
land, on the other hand, as regards the
Northwestern dispute. has always held that
Russia had no sovereignty over the great
Alaskan sea, and therefore could sell none
to the United States; in the east she has sup.
ported Canada in insisting on the literal
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

Mo- doubt Mr.. O'Brien's appeal will
promptly be dismissed, and that agitator
find himself before long an inmate of dun
geon. But with him In prison, what has the
Salisbury government really accomplished
in the way of coercing Ireland? 1t has sti-
fled one man for three months and that is all.
The enthusiasm of the people for their
cause or their determination to gain the ends
they are seeking has not been abated one
iota. On the contrary the martyrdom of
O'Brien will strengthen both. The Irish
people have not been inspired with terror,
but only with hate. And in England how is
it? Is this sitting of free speech in Ireland
likely to check or give impetus to the rising
tide of democracy in that country? There
was a time when the people Of England
very little about the,method of governing it..
But that daysess gone by. The English
commoaps0ple have begun to feel fo1 Ire
la The woes of the poor tenantry of
lat unhappy island have at last arrested
the attention of the English masses, and the
demand Of the former for justice is now ech-
oed by the latter.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27
THE PRESS
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. ~.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications. The name and address of the writer
are In all cases indispensable, not necessarily lot
publication but as guarantee Of good iaitn.
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
TILE BEARERS OF CHoL ERA.
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New York Times.
An epidemic Of cholera in the United
States would be heavy price to pay for the
admission of a shipload of Italians who do
not intend to become citizens, but propose to
remain here only three or four years, dis
placing native workmen, who cannot descend
to their ways of living, and accommodating
money to be carried back to Europe at the
end of their term of voluntary exile
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

The Massachusetts Republicans hold their
state convention tomorrow. Gov. Ames
will he renominated. There is something of
a contest for the Attorney Generalship,
with the chances in favor of Mr.. A. E. Pills
hurry The Republicans feel that the blum
ders of the Democrat; convention have
given them the State this fall without much
effort, but they do not intend ON that ac-
count to be idle. They mean to turn the
Democratic defeat into rout.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

The law passed by the last Massachusetts
Legislature designed to prevent the employ
ment Of French Canadians, who come to the
factory towns to work for short time, in
tending to go back to Canada, goes into eff
feet the first of October. The law imposes
fine Of from $40 to $50 for employing a minor
under 14l years of age who cannot read and
write in the English language, except during
the vaction Of the public schools. 1t further
provides that every person who employs a
minor over IA years of age who cannot read
and write the English language, who is not
regular attendant of day er evening
school, shall be subject to a penalty of from
$50 to 500. The exception is that when it
is apparent that the labor of any minor who
would be debarred from employment under
the law is necessary for the support of the
family to which he belongs, the school COM
mittee. at its discretion, may issue permit
authorizing his employment.
The Portland daily press., 1887-09-27

The New York Democratic convention is
to be he'd to-day, and there win be proba-
bly, some outcroppings of the relative
strength of President Cleveland and Gov.
Hill, unless the latter shrewdly discourages
his friends for fear they may make his weak
ness apparent. Doubtless as between the
two men the Democratic heart would choose
Hill, but the Democratic head will take
Cleveland. With Hill for Presidential
candidate there would be no prospect of
getting any Offices; with Cleveland there may
be chance to get few at least.